Potomac () may refer to:

Places in the United States

Washington, D.C. area: *The

Potomac River The Potomac River () drains the Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map. Retrieved Augus ...

, which flows through West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. **The

Potomac Highlands The Potomac Highlands of West Virginia (or just the Potomac Highlands) () centers on five West Virginian counties (Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Pendleton) in the upper Potomac River watershed in the western portion of the state's Eastern P ...

, a region of the Potomac River's watershed in West Virginia **

Patowmack Canal The Patowmack Canal, sometimes called the Potomac Canal, is a series of five inoperative canals located in Maryland and Virginia, United States, that was designed to bypass rapids in the Potomac River upstream of the present Washington, D.C., are ...

, also spelled Potomac, a series of five inoperative canals in Maryland and Virginia *

Potomac, Maryland Potomac () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, named after the nearby Potomac River. Potomac is the seventh most educated small town in America, based on percentage of residents with postsecondary deg ...

, an unincorporated area in Montgomery County *

Potomac Airfield Potomac Airfield , also known as Potomac Airport (), is a privately owned, public-use airport located in the Friendly census-designated place in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, United States (just outside Washington, D.C.); it h ...

, a general aviation airport in Fort Washington, Maryland *

Potomac Park, Maryland Potomac Park () is an unincorporated subdivision and census-designated place (CDP) located on the North Branch Potomac River in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,530. Potomac Park lies alon ...

, in Allegany County *

Potomac, Virginia Potomac (), Virginia, is an extinct incorporated town formerly located in Arlington County, Virginia (then called Alexandria County), today the dissolved town's former territory is located within the City of Alexandria, Virginia after municipal ...

, an extinct town formerly located in Arlington County Other places in the U.S.: *

Potomac, Illinois Potomac () is a village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 750 at the 2010 census. History The town was originally named Marysville after the wives ...

, a village in Vermilion County *

Potomac, Montana Potomac is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Missoula County, Montana, United States. It is in the southeastern part of the county, in the valley of Camas Creek and Union Creek, which flows northwest to the Blackfoo ...

, an unincorporated community in Missoula County * Potomac, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Companies

Potomac Company The Potomac Company (spelled variously as Patowmack, Potowmack, Potowmac, and Compony) was created in 1785 to make improvements to the Potomac River and improve its navigability for commerce. The project is perhaps the first conceptual seed plan ...

, a former infrastructure company *

Epic Games Epic Games, Inc. is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991, originally located in his parents' house in Potomac, M ...

, originally called Potomac Computer Systems, and American video game and software developer

Transportation

Trains

* ''Potomac'', a series of several former Amtrak passenger trains: ** ''Potomac'' (Amtrak train) **''

Potomac Special Potomac () may refer to: Places in the United States Washington, D.C. area: *The Potomac River, which flows through West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. **The Potomac Highlands, a region of the Potomac River's watershed in West ...

'' **''

Potomac Turbo Potomac () may refer to: Places in the United States Washington, D.C. area: *The Potomac River, which flows through West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. **The Potomac Highlands, a region of the Potomac River's watershed in West ...

Vessels

* USS ''Potomac'', one of six ships * ''Potomac'' (tug), a Patapsco Class tug built for Vane Brothers Company

Other uses

Patawomeck Patawomeck is a Native American tribe (Native American), tribe based in Stafford County, Virginia, along the Potomac River. ''Patawomeck'' is another spelling of Potomac. The Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia is a state-recognized tribe in Vi ...

(or ''Potomac''), a Native American tribe for whom the Potomac River was named *

Army of the Potomac The Army of the Potomac was the principal Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was created in July 1861 shortly after the First Battle of Bull Run and was disbanded in June 1865 following the surrender of the Confedera ...

, a major Union army during the American Civil War *

1345 Potomac 1345 Potomac (), provisional designation , is a dark Hildian asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 4 February 1908, by American astronomer Joel Metcalf at the Taunton Observato ...

, an asteroid *

Potomac Horse Fever Potomac Horse Fever (PHF) is a potentially-fatal febrile illness affecting horses caused by the intracellular bacterium '' Neorickettsia risticii''. PHF is also known as Shasta River Crud and Equine Monocytic Ehrlichiosis. It was first described i ...

, a disease in horses * Potomac Lake, an artificial lake in

Gunnersbury Park Gunnersbury Park is a park in the London Borough of Hounslow between Acton, Brentford, Chiswick and Ealing, West London, England. Purchased for the nation from the Rothschild family, it was opened to the public by Neville Chamberlain, then ...

, London commissioned by

Lionel Nathan Rothschild Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (22 November 1808 – 3 June 1879) was a British Jewish banker, politician and philanthropist who was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England. He became the first practising Jew to sit ...

. *

University of the Potomac University of the Potomac (formerly Potomac College) is a private for-profit university with campuses in Washington, DC; Falls Church, Virginia; and Chicago, Illinois. It offers Associate of Science, Bachelor of Science, Graduate, and advanced ...

, a degree-granting college based in Washington, D.C. {{disambiguation, geo